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History of the Americas. A true-color image of the Americas. Much of the information in the image comes from a single remote-sensing device— NASA 's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, flying over 700 km above the Earth on board the Terra satellite in 2001. The history of the Americas begins with people migrating to these ...
Polish Corridor. Pomerania, historic region of northeastern Europe lying along the Baltic coastal plain between the Oder and the Vistula rivers. Politically, the name also came to include the area west of the Oder as far as Stralsund, including the island of Rügen (Rugia). Most of Pomerania is now part of Poland, but its westernmost section is ...
Book discussing the history of the Radde Family from their European ancestors in Pomerania to their arrival in America. Included are various photographs and maps, as well as a list of Radde family members from the Federal Records Center: "Index to Passenger List of Vessels Arriving in Baltimore from 1820-1897."
Sigler is an occupational name for a maker or purveyor of wax seals of the type commonly used to certify the authenticity of letters and documents until early this century, or a person responsible for the sealing and signing of official documents, a position known as Siegelbeamter. The name comes from the German word "siegel," which means "seal."
Sep 18, 2019 · The Holzer Files will follow a dedicated paranormal team who will investigate terrifying true hauntings from the recently discovered case files of America’s first ghost hunter, Dr. Holzer. It will also feature his daughter, Alexandra. “Over 50 years ago, my father, Dr. Hans Holzer, gave life to the global fascination with ‘the other side ...
Searchable Databases. Now introducing the Pommern Database Person Search, a searchable index to records from Pomerania. This database takes a different approach, as the Pommerscher Greif and the PTG have created indexes to civil records. Our database focuses on records that are often overlooked, such as citizen registers, guild records, land ...
The Jacks-Knoll family history: Pomerania to America. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: J. Jacks, 1992. Family of Gottlieb Joecks (1845-1909), son of Michael and Sophia Joecks, who was born in Horst, Pommern, Prussia. He was (1) married to Wilhelmina Panter (1845-1873) of Mecklenburg in 1869; (2) to Augusta Knoll (1857-1927) in 1873.
